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Valerie Jarrett Named White House Sr. Advisor

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November 14, 2008 7:31 PM

ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: President-elect Barack Obama has named Valerie Jarrett Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison, according to an Obama advisor.

One of Obama's closest confidantes, Jarrett has been friends with Obama and his wife, Michelle, since the President-elect decided to run for the Senate. Dubbed often as "the other half of Obama's brain," Jarrett was chairman and chief executive of real-estate firm Habitat Co. She also worked for Harold Washington, Chicago's first black mayor, and served as an advisor to Obama during his run for the White House.

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Hum. If she is "the other half of Obama's brain" and his I.Q. is 124 (according to reports), does that make each of theirs 62? Just kidding! Well, interesting to see that my I.Q. is 11 points higher than his. That seals it: I am going to run for prez. in 2012. (No, I don't have any experience to lead either, but what the heck?)

Posted by: Lisa Again | Nov 14, 2008 8:14:24 PM

Lisa, what "reports" are you talking about? If you're talking about those silly IQ test ads on the side of your web page, then I have a REAL hard time believing your IQ is 135 ...

Posted by: Eddie F | Nov 14, 2008 8:21:37 PM

Lisa Again-No that John McCain IQ. He graduate top of his class not 5th from the bottom.

Posted by: Tonya | Nov 14, 2008 8:22:35 PM

By the way Lisa not every thing you read on the side on the internet web page is true.

Posted by: Tonya | Nov 14, 2008 8:25:12 PM

If she's the other half of his brain, I wonder which one is in their right mind?

Posted by: samhiguchi | Nov 14, 2008 8:32:04 PM

They BOTH LEFT brain!

Posted by: jen | Nov 14, 2008 8:38:35 PM

Toya,

"By the way Lisa not every thing you read on the side on the internet web page is true...."

That would also include Obama NOT having a relationship with "questionable left wing communists"

and not raising taxes

and not making plans to relieve tax payers of 75% of their pensions (pension tax isn't coming)

If you believe the above isn't true then your IQ is < than that of a jelly bean

Posted by: LaFonda | Nov 14, 2008 8:41:35 PM

If Obama IQ is 124, how did he get in Harvard?

Posted by: jen | Nov 14, 2008 8:46:07 PM

I SAW HER ON MEET THE PRESS!!!!

SHE IS EXTREMELY ARTICULATE, WELL SPOKEN, SHARP, THINKER, UNDERSTANDING AND INTELLIGENT!!!

COMMON SENSE IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!

Posted by: sisterdearest09 | Nov 14, 2008 8:48:51 PM

This is the woman who said President-Elect Obeyme would be ready to "take power" and "rule" January 20th. Funny how this isn't mentioned by this blog. I guess she is ready to advise Obeyme on how to "rule" us. Perhaps with an iron fist?

Posted by: Texan | Nov 14, 2008 9:06:04 PM

All an IQ is, is the mental age divided by the mean score for the average person of your age. So let's say the average person scores 50 on an IQ test, and you scored a 60, well 60 divided by 50 is 120. So even those online IQ tests are somewhat accurate, because they are just comparing you to your peers. Also, statistically, the Standard deviation is 15, which means an IQ of 24 is 1.6 sd's from the mean, which means that on a normal curve (which is what IQs are based off of), Obama has a statistically higher IQ than 94.5% of the population.

That's how he got into harvard, a 126 is very high, the average is set at 100.

Posted by: Brandon | Nov 14, 2008 9:25:47 PM

still so many bitter people here after the election, I see, who are ready to believe the worst about someone simply because they disagree with him and can't be bothered with the facts, so they make stuff up or read other folks who make stuff up.

Posted by: bajacalla | Nov 14, 2008 9:26:13 PM

The small minds usually back the small-minded candidates, and if you think in this 250+ old democracy anyone can rule with an "iron fist" you should have been aborted (and that is coming from a pro-life independent).

Posted by: Fred | Nov 14, 2008 9:26:53 PM

An "IQ" (which is not really used in modern intelligence testing) of 124 equates to approximately 2 standard deviation above the average...meaning that a person who does score a 124 on an intelligence test is more intelligent than about 93% of the population. That's not too shabby...and, I would estimate, based on having given many of these tests, that Obama has a far higher IQ than that.

Posted by: Colin | Nov 14, 2008 9:31:05 PM

I am laughing hysterically over claims that anyone knows what Barack Obama's I.Q. is. Let's see, on the Internet, touted by sites trying to convince people to have their I.Q.s tested (results to be provided after payment is made), I've seen figures of 142, 136, and 125.

Anyone who falls for this garbage probably has an I.Q. hovering at barely average or below.

Posted by: Eleonora27 | Nov 14, 2008 9:44:11 PM

I wouldn't brag about her associations in Chicago..... So she worked for Mayor Harold Robinson…. who was sentenced to forty days in Cook County Jail, and paid $1,000 fine, and three years probation for failing to pay Federal taxes for four year……. what did she know about this….?? and I'm sure a lot of stuff can be dug up about the realestate company "The Habitat Company"

Posted by: MediaTalkingPoints | Nov 14, 2008 10:06:59 PM

My IQ has been measured many times at 132. My circle of friends are all in the same range, none of us made it to Harvard Law School. All of us are tree hugging democrats.

I think that President Obama is more intellegent that most... but I don't understand if he is so smart why he would want to be President.

Posted by: mr sleepy | Nov 14, 2008 10:23:40 PM

just did some quick research on Valerie Jarrett and she is best known for her role as advisor to BO. So how does that make her qualified to be in such a position? What her experience, positions on the constitution, economics, IA, etc...? Can you say same old, same old?

Posted by: don | Nov 14, 2008 10:25:27 PM

I wouldn't brag about her associations in Chicago..... So she worked for Mayor Harold Washington…. who was sentenced to forty days in Cook County Jail, and paid $1,000 fine, and three years probation for failing to pay Federal taxes for four years……. what did she know about this….?? and I'm sure a lot of stuff can be dug up about that realestate company "The Habitat Company"

Posted by: MediaTalkingPoints | Nov 14, 2008 10:36:28 PM

I did not know "Valerie Jarrett was born in 1956 in Shiraz, Iran, about 570 miles south of Tehran." Did anybody know? Is she a Christian or Muslim?

Posted by: Ed | Nov 14, 2008 10:37:57 PM

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